About Us

Regency Fiction Writers, Inc. advances the professional interests of writers of the extended Regency period of England (1780 to 1840) through inclusion, networking, advocacy, and education. United under an international non-profit organization, we welcome writers of all types of fiction set in the period that brought the world Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Byron, Keats, and Mary and Percy Shelley. The variety of events, the fashion, the larger-than-life aristocrats who peopled the ton (Society), as well as their moral (and immoral) behavior make the Regency period an ideal time for authors of all stages in their careers to explore history, romance, mystery, and speculative fiction like time travel and alternative realities.

Affectionately known as The Beau Monde, Regency Fiction Writers provides forums for members to interact and share research, industry information, and encouragement. Our website and blog capture additional resources on history, career development, and networking. Our informative Regency Academe presents online classes taught by some of the most respected experts in our time period. (These are also open to non-members.)

Our current membership includes more than 470 writers of Regency-set fiction, and many our members have been the proud recipients of numerous awards such as the Rita, the Carol, the Christy, and the International Audiobook Award.

Regency Fiction Writers is an outgrowth of the former Beau Monde Chapter of Romance Writers of America®, but is no longer affiliated with RWA®. in 1993, RWA® members Jo Ann Ferguson and Kelly Ferjutz began The Beau Monde as a special interest group devoted to the Regency period and immediately attracted members from all around the world. In 2020, members voted to leave RWA® in part because they wanted to expand beyond the romance genre. Now Regency Fiction Writers welcomes fiction authors who write in the time period, regardless of type of story.

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